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Ship of the Month - cont'd. Island on May 4th and would start her regular trips to Picton. However, BROCKVILLE was pressed into service to Wolfe Island in mid-May when WOLFE ISLANDER had to go on drydock for repairs. The first casualty of the 1926 navigation season of interest to Kingston was not of a serious nature. BROCKVILLE ran aground in the mud of the Napanee River on May 24th whilst taking a load of excursionists to Picton. The "Whig" merely mentioned that "a tug (FRONTENAC) from Kingston was called to release the stranded boat". In mid-October, BROCKVILLE was reported to be on the Davis drydock for re-caulking, painting, and having several planks re­ newed. The only item of interest in the Kingston press concerning BROCKVILLE during 1927 was an August 6th story about sadly disappointed Picton passengers who went by boat to Kingston for a visit by the Prince of Wales. The Kingston Navigation Company arranged for a special excursion, but unfortunately, owing to the late arrival of the royal party, the large number of passengers taking advantage of the excursion were unable to catch a glimpse of Kings­ ton's distinguished visitors. Officials of the Company knew nothing of sche­ dule alterations in the welcome for the royal party, and BROCKVILLE pulled out for the return journey according to schedule, her passengers disappointed. The 1928 season was totally uneventful for BROCKVILLE. She began her season with a run to Stella, Amherst Island, for freight in late April and then went with passengers to Picton. She began her excursion season in the Thou­ sand Islands in mid-June and continued it throughout the summer on Fridays and Saturdays. Early June, 1929, found BROCKVILLE on Anglin's drydock under­ going inspection and repairs. Otherwise, it was another uneventful season. Macgillivray's paper says: "For some years the BROCKVILLE was profitably em­ ployed from the time the ice went out in the spring until freeze-up in the fall. Late in the twenties, however, the arrangement for interchange of freight with C. S. L. ended and with improved roads and the use of trucks, the traffic from the small ports petered out. The BROCKVILLE's lucrative Bay of Quinte trade was no more. For a time, her Thousand Islands and other excur­ sions out of Kingston were continued but with the depression and the small tour boats cutting into the excursion business, the operation of the BROCK­ VILLE became unprofitable. " The only BROCKVILLE news item in 1930 appeared in August and was entitled "Two Rescues in As Many Weeks". It seems that a Mr. Babcock, of Kingston, had the misfortune to fall off the wharf into the slip whilst BROCKVILLE was making the dock. Russell Blundell, a deckhand on the steamer, jumped into the water and pulled Babcock out. Babcock had been standing with his back to the slip, talking with some others while awaiting BROCKVILLE's arrival. As the boat was entering the slip, Babcock, thinking he still had plenty of room on the wharf, stepped backwards into the water. Blundell, two weeks pre­ viously, had rescued the young lady who worked at the refreshment counter aboard BROCKVILLE. She had been going ashore from the boat at the time and missed her footing, falling into the water. Macgillivray notes: "In May 1931 the BROCKVILLE was sold by the Kingston Na­ vigation Company Limited to the Algoma Steamship Company Limited, of Hamil­ ton, Ontario, of which C. F. Martin was president and H. A. Schram was sec­ retary-treasurer. The sale price was $4, 000 with a mortgage of $2, 500 co­ vered by five promissory notes of $500 each, maturing on the first days of the months of July, August, September, October and November, 1931, with in­ terest at 6% per annum. The recording of this mortgage is the last item in the official list of transactions pertaining to this vessel except for a no­ tation that her registry was closed the 23rd day of September, 1940. The Kingston Navigation Company Limited was the mortgagee. There is no record of the mortgage having been discharged but the mortgagee did not repossess the vessel. The son of the president of the Kingston (Navigation) Company is not